Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Forest Hills (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Forest Hills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Forest Hills is located in Washington County .
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Forest Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forest Hills:
Washington County (The home county of Forest Hills)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Midway (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Camelot Two (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie East Ridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
South Gate Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
South Gate Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village Onks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
North Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Oakland Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village Green Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Austin Village (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Jonesborough (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Pine Crest (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Watauga (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Gap Run (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Woodby Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Biltmore (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Hampton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Tolley Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Siam (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Hunter (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Burbank (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Milburnton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Horse Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Rheatown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Jearoldstown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Afton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Fairview (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Tusculum (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Pleasant View (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Water Fork Mill (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
Bolton Estates (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Rotherwood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Chimneytop ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Green Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Mount Carmel (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Church Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Frisco (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco New Canton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Waycross (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Butler (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Winchester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Winchester is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Piney Flats (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Childress (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Colby ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Thom ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Wahoo ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Fordtown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Lella ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Bluff City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Galloway Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Sac ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Colonial Heights (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Whispering Pines (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Unicoi (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Erwin (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Banner Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Bumpus Cove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Clear Branch (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Loganton ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Elk Park (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Whaley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Minneapolis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Mount Gilead (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Chestnut Dale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Beech Mountain (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Plumtree (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Vale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Mount Pleasant (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mount Pleasant is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant Newland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Banner Elk (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Crossnore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Allegheny (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Bethel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cutshalltown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Foster Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Chapel Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill White Rock (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Allenstand (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Richlands (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Buladean (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Bailey (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Relief (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Huntdale (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Tipton Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Herrell ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Red Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Bakersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Penland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Spruce Pine (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Watauga County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Watauga Falls ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls Rominger (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Sioux (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Day Book (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Higgins (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Double Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Burnsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Micaville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Newdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale Concord (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Low Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Pensacola (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forest Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Forest Hills .
Cemeteries Near Forest Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forest Hills.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Forest Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forest Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Hardin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Price Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Slagle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Cherokee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Leach Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Young - Lyle - Strickland Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Leach Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Slagle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Harvey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Berea Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Price Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Price Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Continue List (1057 more) ...
Keen Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Leonard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Elliott Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Forest Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forest Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forest Hills, with the one closest to Forest Hills listed first.
Okolona (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Carnegie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Marbleton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Marbleton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleton Milligan (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Milligan is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Jonesborough (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Unicoi (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Austin Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Austin Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Springs Watauga (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Keebler Crossroads (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads February (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Flourville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Continue List (17 more) ...
Mayday (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Mayday is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Embreeville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Embreeville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Gap Run (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forest Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forest Hills .
Newspapers Published in Forest Hills ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forest Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forest Hills, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Forest Hills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Forest Hills:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Madison County Mitchell County Watauga County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Forest Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.